In Archaeology Is There A Connection Between Early Farmers And The Distribution Of Tombs?
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Yes the area of good pasture lands and the distribution of wedge tombs does indicate that there was a connection between the two.
The builders of the wedge tombs were farmers although they would also have undertaken hunting and gathering.
There is much more evidence for burial and after life than contemporary settlement as the tombs were permanent monuments upon the landscape. Domestic settlement was less permanent if it was of a wood construction.
In some areas the presence of Bell Beakers indicates that in a later period squatters inhabited the Neolithic settlements at site C , Knockaddon, Lough Gur.
Although the early farmers would possibly have had to move their domestic accommodation they did choose to put a permanent feature on the landscape in the form of megalithic burial places.
Archaeologists suggest that these tombs had other significance for the living rather than being merely burial places. They may have served a central places on the landscape and as communal markers and meeting places especially in terms of tribal territory.
The builders of the wedge tombs were farmers although they would also have undertaken hunting and gathering.
There is much more evidence for burial and after life than contemporary settlement as the tombs were permanent monuments upon the landscape. Domestic settlement was less permanent if it was of a wood construction.
In some areas the presence of Bell Beakers indicates that in a later period squatters inhabited the Neolithic settlements at site C , Knockaddon, Lough Gur.
Although the early farmers would possibly have had to move their domestic accommodation they did choose to put a permanent feature on the landscape in the form of megalithic burial places.
Archaeologists suggest that these tombs had other significance for the living rather than being merely burial places. They may have served a central places on the landscape and as communal markers and meeting places especially in terms of tribal territory.
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